The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota of vertebrates plays critical roles in nutrition, development, immunity and resistance against invasive pathogens. In the past decade, research of the GI microbiota of mammals has drastically increased our knowledge on the microbiota and their relationship with health and disease. However, our understanding of fish intestinal microbiota is limited. This ...

This conference paper presents the case of using a combination premade serious games and self-designed games at bachelor and master’s programs at the Norwegian College of Fisheries Science to facilitate the integration of different disciplines and the development of practical skillsets that are necessary for success in the seafood industry after graduation. Furthermore, it explores the preliminary ...

Rapporten oppsummerer hvordan prosessering kan påvirke innholdet av næringsstoffer i sjømat, samt hvordan biotilgjengeligheten til ulike stoffer kan endres som følge av prosessbetingelsene. I tillegg er det kort redegjort for vitenskapelig status på helseeffektene av sjømatkonsum, samt hvilke ernæringsmessige faktorer som gjør sjømat til et særegent næringsmiddel. Økt prosesseringsgrad av sjømat ...

Immersion and intraperitoneal injection are the two most common methods used for the vaccination of fish. Because both methods require that fish are handled and thereby stressed, oral administration of vaccines as feed supplements is desirable. In addition, in terms of revaccination (boosting) of adult fish held in net pens, oral administration of vaccines is probably the only feasible method to ...

Knowledge of people's understanding of environmental problems is vital for the effective implementation of the ecosystem approach to marine management. This is especially relevant when conservation goals are aimed at ecosystems in the deep-sea that are remote to the consciousness of most people. This study explores public perceptions of the deep-sea environment among the Scottish and Norwegian public. ...

For a long time the number of fishers in Norway has declined. Is the decline the result of an increasingly difficult situation for Norwegian fishers or can other factors have had an impact? Or in other words: are fishers pushed out or pulled out of the fisheries? Our analyses are based on a survey among retired fishers and suggest several reasons for exit: in addition to structural push and pull ...

During last decade, the amount of live-caught Atlantic cod stored in sea cages has increased. However, the issues of feeding regime during live-storage and time of processing after slaughter are central to provide high quality products. The goal of this study was to investigate how the quality of fresh fillet, loin and tail products can be affected by the length of feed-deprivation and the ...

Shrimp trawlers in the Barents Sea use a Nordmøre sorting grid ahead of a small-mesh codend to avoid bycatch while catching shrimps efficiently. However, small fish can still pass through the grid to enter the codend, which increases their risk of being retained. In this study, we quantified the selectivity of a standard Nordmøre grid used together with one of two different codend designs, namely a ...

External damages are indicators of the overall quality of fish and fish welfare. Haddock is an important commercial species widespread in the North Atlantic, but few studies related to quality have been carried out on this species. We studied the levels of external damages on haddock captured with a demersal trawl in the Northeast Atlantic. Further, we investigated to what extent the compulsory ...